United Nations, 6th May (IANS): To bolster the legitimacy of the UN in a changed world, it is "vital" and "urgent" to expand the Security Council's permanent membership to include India, France has declared.

Kathmandu, 5th May (IANS): Around 650 search and rescue personnel from 13 countries, including 313 Indians, have left Nepal as the rehabilitation efforts in the quake-hit Himalayan country can now be handled by domestic agencies, officials here said on Tuesday.

Kathmandu, 5th May (IANS): Around 650 search and rescue personnel from 13 countries, including 313 Indians, have left Nepal as the rehabilitation efforts in the quake-hit Himalayan country can now be handled by domestic agencies, officials here said on Tuesday.